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Endangered Mammals of South America
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Birds |
Reptiles |
Amphibians |
Fishes |
Insects |
Arachnids
Worms |
Clams |
Crustaceans |
Snails |
Corals, Jellyfish, and Sea Anemones
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| Amazonian Manatee | South America (Amazon R. Basin) | | Andean Bear | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela | | Andean Caenolestid | Ecuador | | Andean Cat | Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru | | Andean Hairy Armadillo | Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru | | Andean Night Monkey | Peru | | Andean Titi Monkey | Peru | | Apeco Oldfield Mouse | Peru | | Aquatic Rat | Ecuador | | Aratathomas's Yellow Shouldered Bat | Colombia | | Argentine Tuco-tuco | Argentina | | Ashaninka Oldfield Mouse | Peru | | Atacama Myotis | Chile, Peru | | Atlantic Titi | Brazil | | Ayres Black Uakari | Brazil | | Azara's Tuco-tuco | Argentina | | Bald Uakari | Brazil, Colombia, Peru | | Bearded Saki | Brazil | | Beni Titi Monkey | Bolivia | | Berg's Tuco-tuco | Argentina | | Black Squirrel Monkey | Brazil | | Black-crowned Dwarf Marmoset | Brazil | | Black-faced Black Spider Monkey | Bolivia, Brazil, Peru | | Black-fronted Titi Monkey | Brazil | | Black-handed Tamarin | Brazil | | Black-headed Uakari | Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela | | Black-horned Capuchin | Argentina, Brazil | | Blackbuck | Argentina, India, United States | | Blackish Shrew Opossum | Colombia, Ecuador | | Blond Titi Monkey | Brazil | | Blonde Capuchin | Brazil | | Blunt-eared Bat | Peru | | Bolivian Chinchilla Rat | Bolivia | | Bonetto's Tuco-tuco | Argentina | | Brazilian Arboreal Mouse | Brazil | | Brazilian Funnel-eared Bat | Brazil | | Brazilian Three-banded Armadillo | Brazil | | Brazilian Three-toed Sloth | Brazil | | Bridges's Degu | Argentina, Chile | | Brown-headed Spider Monkey | Colombia, Ecuador, Panama | | Brumback's Night Monkey | Colombia | | Buenos Aires Leaf-eared Mouse | Argentina | | Buff-headed Capuchin | Brazil | | Buffy-headed Marmoset | Brazil | | Burmeister's Armadillo | Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay | | Bush Dog | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela | | Central American Tapir | Southern Mexico to Colombia and Ecuador | | Chacoan Naked-tailed Armadillo | Argentina, Paraguay | | Chacoan Peccary | Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay | | Chacoan Pygmy Opossum | Argentina | | Chilean Caenolestid | Argentina, Chile | | Chilean Dolphin | Chile | | Choco Broad-nosed Bat | Colombia, Ecuador | | Chunyi | Bolivia, Peru | | Cleft-headed Juliomys | Brazil | | Coastal Black-handed Titi | Brazil | | Cochabamba Grass Mouse | Bolivia | | Coimbra-filho's Titi Monkey | Brazil | | Colombian Black-handed Titi | Colombia | | Colombian Night Monkey | Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela | | Colombian Weasel | Colombia, Ecuador | | Colombian Woolly Monkey | Colombia (mainland) | | Common Woolly Monkey | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru | | Cook's Hocicudo | Uruguay | | Cotton-top Marmoset | Costa Rica to Colombia | | Crab-eating Rat | Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela | | Crested Capuchin | Brazil | | Ctenomys rionegrensis | Argentina, Uruguay | | Cuban Lesser Funnel-eared Bat | Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica | | Curacaoan Long-nosed Bat | Aruba Island (Netherland Antilles), Colombia, Netherlands Antilles, Venezuela | | D'Orbigny's Tuco-tuco | Argentina | | Darien Small Eared Shrew | Colombia, Panama | | Dark Bolo Mouse | Argentina, Uruguay | | Darwin's Fox | Chile (Los Lagos) | | Definitive Leaf-eared Mouse | Peru | | Dekeyser's Nectar Bat | Brazil | | Dryland Mouse Opossum | Colombia, Venezuela | | Dwarf Red Brocket Deer | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru | | Eastern Puna Mouse | Peru | | Ecuadoran Spiny Pocket Mouse | Ecuador | | Ecuadorean Grass Mouse | Ecuador | | Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat | Colombia, Ecuador | | Elias' Atlantic Spiny-rat | Brazil | | Emily's Tuco-tuco | Argentina | | Equatorial Dog-faced Bat | Ecuador | | European Rabbit | Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America (including United States), South America | | Faint-striped Opossum | Brazil | | Fernandez's Sword-nosed Bat | Venezuela | | Fernandina Galapagos Mouse | Ecuador (Galapagos Islands) | | Fernandina Island Galapagos Mouse | Ecuador (Galapagos Islands) | | Fossorial Giant Rat | Argentina, Brazil | | Furtive Tuco-tuco | Argentina | | Galapagos Islands Fur Seal | Ecuador (Galapagos Islands) | | Galapagos Rice Rat | Ecuador (Galapagos Islands) | | Galapagos Sea Lion | Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador | | Geoffroy's Cat | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay | | Geoffroy's Peruvian Woolly Monkey | Bolivia, Brazil, Peru | | Giant Anteater | Central and South America | | Giant Armadillo | Guyana to Argentina, Venezuela | | Giant Atlantic Tree Rat | Brazil | | Giant Otter | South America | | Goeldi's Marmoset | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru | | Goeldi's Spiny Rat | Brazil, Colombia | | Golden Lion Tamarin | Brazil | | Golden Vizcacha Rat | Argentina | | Golden-backed Squirrel Monkey | Brazil | | Golden-headed Lion Tamarin | Brazil | | Golden-mantle Saddleback Tamarin | Ecuador, Peru | | Golden-rumped Tamarin | Brazil | | Golden-white Bare-ear Marmoset | Brazil | | Gorgas's Rice Rat | Colombia, Venezuela | | Gray Grass Mouse | Argentina | | Gray-bellied Shrew Opossum | Ecuador, Peru | | Gray-footed Spiny Rat | Colombia, Venezuela | | Gray-handed Night Monkey | Colombia, Venezuela | | Greater Long-tailed Bat | Colombia, Ecuador | | Greater Wilfred's Mouse | Brazil, Uruguay | | Guiana Spider Monkey | Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname | | Guina | Argentina, Chile | | Hairy Little Fruit Bat | Colombia, Ecuador | | Hairy Long-nosed Armadillo | Peru | | Hammond's Rice Rat | Ecuador | | Handley's Slender Mouse Opossum | Colombia | | Handley's Tailless Bat | Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela | | Harmles Serotine | Ecuador (Galapagos Islands), Peru | | Hooded Seal | Asia, Central America, Europe, North America, Oceanic, South America | | Hummelinck's Vesper Mouse | Aruba Island (Netherland Antilles), Brazil, Colombia, Netherlands Antilles, Venezuela | | Inca Oldfield Mouse | Peru | | Incan Little Mastiff Bat | Peru | | Indo-pacific Hump-backed Dolphin | Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Oceanic, South America | | Jaguar | Arizona, California, Central and South America, Louisiana, Mexico, New Mexico, Texas | | Juan Fernandez Fur Seal | Chile, Peru | | Junin Slender Opossum | Peru | | Ka'apor Capuchin | Brazil | | Kalinowski's Oldfield Mouse | Peru | | Karimi's Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum | Brazil | | La Plata River Dolphin | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay | | Lami Tuco-tuco | Brazil | | Large Long-clawed Mouse | Chile | | Large-eared Oldfield Mouse | Peru | | Large-headed Rice Rat | Brazil | | Least Big-eared Bat | Brazil, Colombia | | Lesser Yellow-shouldered Bat | Peru | | Little Spotted Cat | Costa Rica to Northern Argentina | | Little Woolly Mouse Opossum | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru | | Lonchophylla concava | Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama | | Long-haired Spider Monkey | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela | | Long-snouted Bat | Peru | | Long-tailed Chinchilla | Chile | | Long-tailed Fat-tailed Opossum | Brazil, Paraguay | | Long-tailed Otter | South America | | Los Chalchaleros' Vizcacha Rat | Argentina | | Lund's Atlantic Tree Rat | Brazil | | Magellanic Tuco-tuco | Argentina, Chile | | Maned Wolf | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay | | Mantiqueira Atlantic Tree Rat | Brazil | | Mantled Howler Monkey | Mexico to South America | | Margay | Central and South America, Mexico | | Marine Otter | Peru south to Straits of Magellan | | Marinkelle's Sword-nosed Bat | Colombia | | Marsh Deer | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay | | Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru | | Merida Brocket | Colombia, Venezuela | | Monito Del Monte | Argentina, Chile | | Monster Rice Rat | Brazil | | Moojen's Atlantic Spiny-rat | Brazil | | Moon-toothed Degu | Chile | | Mottled Tuco-tuco | Argentina | | Mountain Paca | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela | | Mountain Tapir | Colombia, Ecuador and possibly Peru and Venezuela | | Musso's Fish-eating Rat | Venezuela | | Neblina Uakari | Brazil, Venezuela | | North Andean Huemul | Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru | | Northern Muriqui | Brazil | | Northern Pudu | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru | | Ocelot | USA (Arizona, Texas) to Central and South America | | Olalla Brothers' Titi Monkey | Bolivia | | Orinoco Agouti | Venezuela | | Orinoco Sword-nosed Bat | Colombia, Venezuela | | Ornate Titi Monkey | Colombia | | Pacarana | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela | | Pacific Degu | Chile | | Pacific Spiny Rat | Ecuador, Peru | | Painted Tree Rat | Brazil | | Pampas Cat | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay | | Pampas Deer | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay | | Paraguana Mustached Bat | Venezuela | | Paraguana Spiny Pocket Mouse | Venezuela | | Patagonian Cavy | Argentina | | Pearson's Long-clawed Mouse | Chile (Los Lagos) | | Pearson's Tuco-tuco | Argentina, Uruguay | | Peruvian Climbing Mouse | Peru | | Pichi | Argentina, Chile | | Pied Tamarin | Brazil | | Pilar Tuco-tuco | Paraguay | | Pink Fairy Armadillo | Argentina | | Pittier's Crab-eating Rat | Venezuela | | Plains Viscacha Rat | Argentina | | Platyrrhinus ismaeli | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru | | Platyrrhinus matapalensis | Ecuador, Peru | | Poeppig's Woolly Monkey | Brazil, Ecuador, Peru | | Porteous's Tuco-tuco | Argentina | | Pudu | Southern South America | | Puna Mouse | Peru | | Pundt's Tuco-tuco | Argentina | | Quechuan Hocicudo | Bolivia | | Red Myotis | Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay | | Red-handed Howler Monkey | Brazil | | Red-handed Howling Monkey | Brazil | | Red-nosed Tree Rat | Brazil | | Reig's Aepeomys | Venezuela | | Reig's Opossum | Venezuela | | Reig's Tuco-tuco | Argentina | | Rio De Janeiro Arboreal Rat | Brazil | | Roberto's Spiny Rat | Brazil | | Roig's Tuco-tuco | Argentina | | Rondonia Marmoset | Brazil | | Roraima Mouse | Venezuela | | Sanborn's Grass Mouse | Argentina, Chile | | Santa Catarina's Guinea Pig | Brazil | | Santiago Galapagos Mouse | Ecuador (Galapagos Islands) | | Sechura Desert Fox | Ecuador, Peru | | Shipton's Mountain Cavy | Argentina | | Short-eared Dog | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru | | Short-tailed Chinchilla | Bolivia | | Silent Grass Mouse | Peru | | Silvery-brown Bare-face Tamarin | Colombia | | Slender Oldfield Mouse | Peru | | Small Red Brocket | Brazil | | Smokey Bat | Chile, Ecuador, Peru | | Social Tuco-tuco | Argentina | | South American Tapir | Colombia and Venezuela south to Paraguay and Argentina | | South Andean Huemul | Argentina, Chile | | Southern Long-nosed Armadillo | Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay | | Southern Pudu | Argentina, Chile | | Southern River Otter | Argentina, Chile | | Southern Three-banded Armadillo | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay | | Southern Tuco-tuco | Argentina | | Sowbug Rice Rat | Brazil | | Spectral Bat | Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela | | Spix's Red-handed Howler Monkey | Brazil | | Strong-tailed Oldfield Mouse | Peru | | Superagui Lion Tamarin | Brazil | | Thin-spined Porcupine | Brazil | | Thomas's Big-eared Brown Bat | Argentina, Bolivia, Peru | | Thomas's Oldfield Mouse | Ecuador, Peru | | Tiny Yellow Bat | Colombia, Venezuela | | Torres's Crimson-nosed Rat | Argentina | | Transitional Colilargo | Brazil | | Tschudi's Yellow-shouldered Bat | Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru | | Tuco-tuco Of The Dunes | Brazil | | Ucucha Thomasomys | Ecuador | | Unexpected Cotton Rat | Ecuador | | Unicolored Oldfield Mouse | Colombia | | Unicolored Tree Rat | Brazil | | Variegated Spider Monkey | Colombia, Venezuela | | Venezuelan Fish-eating Rat | Guyana, Venezuela | | Vicuna | South America (Andes) | | West Indian Manatee | Caribbean Sea, South America, Southeastern USA | | Western Nectar Bat | Ecuador, Peru | | White Saki | Brazil | | White-cheeked Spider Monkey | Brazil (Mato Grosso, Para) | | White-eared Marmoset | Brazil | | White-lipped Peccary | Central America, North America, South America | | White-nosed Saki | Brazil | | Wied's Black-tufted-ear Marmoset | Brazil | | Wood Sprite Gracile Mouse Opossum | Colombia, Venezuela | | Woodland Oldfield Mouse | Colombia, Venezuela | | Woolly Spider Monkey | Brazil | | Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey | Andes of Northern Peru | | Yonenaga's Atlantic Spiny-rat | Brazil | | Zuniga's Dark Rice Rat | Peru |
More endangered creatures in South America:
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Corals, Jellyfish, and Sea Anemones | Plants |
 ***What mammals are listed here?:The South America section of this site lists the folllowing mammals appearing on select endangered species lists:- Mammals that dwell in or migrate to any part of the South American continent and nearby islands.
- Mammals dwelling in the Amazon Basin.
In some cases, the creatures listed in this section may also be found on other continents or in other areas, which is why you may see additional
areas noted in the range column.
Disclaimer: This list combines species from several endangered species lists.
Using the total count of species found on this site as an official count of
endangered species of the world is not recommended. For more information on
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